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What would really protect her would be adequate funding to put more cops on the street, a health system that didn’t ask her to pay for her own Rape Kit, prisons that aren’t overcrowded with people who committed non-violent crimes, and the funding of a national DNA research system to find this guy BEFORE he rapes her. Unfortunately we can’t have those things because the military needs some new toys.
Commentary is flawless.
Write hard and clear about what hurts.
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Ernest Hemingway (via wordsfirst) The full quote is: “Write hard and clear about what hurts. Don’t avoid it. It has all the energy. Don’t worry, no one ever died of it. You might cry or laugh, but not die.” My problem is that I don’t want to laugh or cry about it. I want to die about it. |
“If you will allow me to express this by analogy, I would say it like this: Moving from the “marrying your daughters” phase of the struggle to the “how come there’s no white history month?” portion is exactly how progress works.”
Lap of luxury
After winning the lottery, Shawn’s first purchase was a human slave to vacuum his coat for hours on end.
Impressive one night only Calvin Klein installation at New Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul. (Photo: courtesy of Calvin Klein).
